UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): February 2, 2023
Armada Acquisition Corp. I
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-40742 | 85-3810850 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
1760 Market Street, Suite 602
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(Address of principal executive offices)
(215) 543-6886
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
Trading Symbols |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Units, each consisting of one share of common stock, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant | AACI U | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | AACI | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Warrants, each exercisable for one share of common stock for $11.50 per share | AACI W | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
On February 2, 2023, Armada Acquisition Corp. I, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s Second Amended & Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Amendment extends the date by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination or, if it fails to do so, cease its operations and redeem or repurchase 100% of the shares of the Company’s common stock issued in the Company’s initial public offering, from February 17, 2023 for up to six additional months at the election of the Company, ultimately until as late as August 17, 2023. The Company’s stockholders approved the Amendment at the Annual Meeting (as defined below).
The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
On February 2, 2023, the Company convened its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of the close of business on December 15, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 20,709,500 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) outstanding, each of which was entitled to one vote with respect to each of the proposals. A total of 17,071,248 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 82.432% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The proposals listed below are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2023. At the Annual Meeting, by a vote of stockholders entitled to vote, the stockholders voted upon and approved proposals to:
The Election of Director Proposal
Elect Celso L. White to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company as the Class A Director until the 2026 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company or until such person’s successor is qualified and elected:
FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN | ||
13,566,850 | 0 | 3,504,398 |
The Auditor Proposal
Ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023:
FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN | ||
15,918,352 | 1,152,896 | 0 |
The Extension Proposal
Approve an amendment to the Company’s Charter to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination or, if it fails to do so, cease its operations and redeem or repurchase 100% of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued in the Company’s initial public offering, from February 17, 2023 for up to six additional months at the election of the Company, ultimately until as late as August 17, 2023:
FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN | ||
15,624,609 | 1,446,639 | 0 |
Item 8.01 | Other Information |
In connection with the approval and amendment of the Company’s Charter pursuant to the Extension Proposal, the Company was required to permit its public shareholders to redeem their shares of Common Stock. Of the 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock outstanding with redemption rights, the holders of 11,491,148 shares of Common Stock elected to redeem their shares at a per share redemption price of approximately $10.17. As a result, approximately $116,864,975 will be removed from the Company’s trust account to pay such holders.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits:
Exhibit |
Description | |
3.1 | Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 2, 2023
By: |
/s/ Stephen P. Herbert | |
Name: |
Stephen P. Herbert | |
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman |
Exhibit 3.1
Delaware | Page 1 | |||
The First State |
I, JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF ARMADA ACQUISITION CORP. I, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY, A.D. 2023, AT 1:32 OCLOCK P.M.
/s/ Jeffrey W. Bullock |
Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secretary of State |
4074709 8100 SR# 20230351334 |
Authentication: 202632077 Date: 02-02-23 | |||
You may verify this certificate online at corp.delaware.gov/authver.shtml |
State of Delaware | ||||
Secretary of State | ||||
Division of Corporations | ||||
Delivered 01:32 PM 02/02/2023 | ||||
FILED 01:32 PM 02/02/2023 | ||||
SR 20230351334 - File Number 4074709 |
AMENDMENT
TO THE
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ARMADA ACQUISITION CORP. I
Pursuant to Section 242 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law
ARMADA ACQUISITION CORP. I (the Corporation), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:
1. | The name of the Corporation is Armada Acquisition Corp. I. The Corporations Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 5, 2020 (the Original Certificate) and was subsequently amended and restated on February 4, 2021. A Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 12, 2021 (the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation). |
2. | This Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. |
3. | This Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly approved by the Corporations Board of Directors in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL). |
4. | This Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally at a meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of Sections 228 and 242 of the DGCL. |
5. | The text of Section F of Article SIXTH is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows: |
F. In the event that the Corporation does not consummate a Business Combination by August 17, 2023 (or, if the Office of the Delaware Division of Corporations shall not be open for business (including filing of corporate documents) on such date the next date upon which the Office of the Delaware Division of Corporations shall be open) (the Termination Date), the Corporation shall (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten (1 0) business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the IPO Shares for cash for a redemption price per share equal to the amount then held in the Trust Account, less any interest for any income, excise or other taxes payable, divided by the total number of IPO Shares then outstanding (which redemption will completely extinguish such holders rights as
stockholders, including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to approval of the Corporations then stockholders and subject to the requirements of the DGCL, including the adoption of a resolution by the Board pursuant to Section 275(a) of the DGCL finding the dissolution of the Corporation advisable and the provision of such notices as are required by said Section 275(a) of the DGCL, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above) to the Corporations obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Armada Acquisition Corp. I has caused this Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer as of this 2nd day of February, 2023.
ARMADA ACQUISITION CORP. I | ||
By: | /s/ Stephen P. Herbert | |
Name: | Stephen P. Herbert | |
Title: | President |